Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-10-28
TACT AND FANCY.


Threats to burn Chinatown have frightened
.hc Frisco Chinese.
Nearly two hundred kinds OF gold lllings
are now made FOR teeth.
A Kentucky girl snapped a kernel OF corn
at her lover aud put gu, his eve.
Some vine, ardisls in the Napa valley, CALI
fornia are paying as high ne 81 day fo'
grape pickers
Ken,icky bicycler was chased for three
milcs recently b. bull which caught sight Of
his red lantern.
The wheat crop OF Oregon is the largest
ever known The surplus OF export will DO
.1lly 4 y, o0) tons.
One dollar was the price paid for piano at
Reading, Pa. that is said to have been mad,
over a century ago
large number OF small tobacco factories
re being started in Florida to work up the to-
bacco grown in the state
Another great gas well was struck near
Charlie ion. W. Va, on "Wednesday night. IL
runs two million feet per day
An orange leaf grown al Barton, Fla. ia Z
by II inches in SIZE, aud perfect in shape. II
is the largest, perhaps, ever grown.
A glantess who, thou,h only II years and
months old, stands feet h Oh and weighs
27O pounds, is on exh bitlon in Japan.
Mamma" said little Bessie, rs there any
difference between rol and a rues' mo,
Inv ch.lln "Well, is the golden rod the same
as the Golden Rule."
A man at Titusvllle, Fla, was ont waichinA
his melnn-patch the other night when he heard
rus ling in his orange grove near by aud fir
ed, bringing down his mother in law.
In Admission, Ala, wide-awake negro 10
making So month by taking care OF the
rooms If young white men, who are too busy OF
proud or lazy TO take care Of them themselves.
a religious contemporary asks How shall
we get young mru TO churchl" Well. II tho
horse-carS are not rum N, We think a pony
phaeton, or dog cart with two horses, driven
tandem, could DO It.
A violin maker in France makes his instru-
ments At cost OF 80 cents each, an Is salts
fed TO sell them to the traIe at the rate Of
s. l2 each. Many Of his viol rs find their
way 10 this country.
A sturgeon weighing two hnnlred pounds
was pulled out of tie Raritan near New
Brunsw ok, " J., Monday. II was Xix fee.
SIX inches from nose 10 tail, with girth (at
the thickcst parD Of four feet.
The famous Dismal swamp OF Virginia is no
longer used a shelter for runawa, slaves, OF
course, but it is believed to be the hiding place
I Of al least one hundred white men, who fof
various reasons, WANT retire To private lilo
FOR spell.
good lady from parish out west Was re.
/ lating the rltualistlc WAYS OF their new rector
VIII ch had harasscd them deeply; "Wh., be.
fore service he walks around the church in
hassock aud surplus which only comes down
I 10 his knees
heaIthylooking tramp at Bangor asked
woman II she would give hun dinner.
She told him 1t wasn't her dinner hour, but
she couli give him a substantial inch II
don't want lunch want dinner replied
the hish-toned begsar aud he walked OF.
II is whispered that a good pastor, a
widower, pr1pl.el TO a Young indy IA short
time since, but was rejected lis feelings
had a scconl severe It's when a widow neigh
Dor SEM him The foi.oa.ng text lo preach from:
"lou asl and receive no, b cause You ask
miss"
Just previous 20 giving out The hymn, tie
minister said: ''Ipe storm outside IS rag.ny
30 VIOLENTLY that SIN ask the sexton TO bc
kud enough 90 close tar doors and windows.
viii give as greater sease ~ security. The
congregation win now sing would not live
a.wat, ask uo t. sat.'"
4 ciesg nau fla Cir-on. v. recently sen,
60 % local pt .cf MOTTO. 4 6. O services Mt his
e.. cl, 100 which tHe saai,c % lbs sermon.
How O. Cure Ilooillni,n was e ven. It
appeared 10 rrnt, however. o. SLOW 20 Cure
Rheuuw,l,' AID the chmcl was pac,ed.
II is cas- enough lor a preacher to Dee pDpu ar.
All u.at .s n-ccesit, is 70 preach ON subjects
winch peopl. nc Interested iu
A Lady write. TIE Na.tsc E. Mass yo,u,,al
that m1uy wears ago q small army of tiny rel
ants took possession OF her store closet and
rcml.ncd until cool weather Every year
tic, returned. 5 .e was advised 10 try tar.
which she did, pl.cing large chunk on A
dish in a corler OF the shelf The ants LEFT.
and have never returned The same piece OF
tar has stood ia the same place for Gfieen year.
II ant afraid OF lightning any more God
sends the lightning and God wouldn't hurt
me; He only sends 1t TO take away the bad air.
The little ones brother who was of a very
pract cal turn Of mind, and VINO has seen
trees aud houses that bad been torn up and
bruised by lightning, shifted at this declara-
tion 10y his sister and remarked: IL want YOU
to understand that Gud is pretty careless
sometimes
physician says that there is need OF espc-
clal care at this season OF warm day aud cool
nights The heat OF the summer, accompanied
by moisture, has produced "A relaxed aud dc.
blitated condition of the system, which rem.
ders it less able to resist the attacks OF disease
than at other seasons OF the year. Nearly 20
per cent of the phoid fever in Massachusetts,
during 1885 occurred in the months Of August
September, aud October
a little 6-yenrold granddaughter OF a well
known New England cler lyman. in doubling
n statement by her uncle that The moon was
made OF green cheese, was advised by the
divine to asc r,aln for herself. GLOW can 7
grandpa Cot your bible aud sec what il
saws" "Where shall | beglnl" "Begln al
the beginning" The child sat down to read
the bible. Before she had got half through
the second chap'er Of Genesis, aud had read
about the creation of the stars and the
animals, she came back to her grandfather
her ewes all bright with the excitement o!
discovery. ~ have found It, grandpa. II